A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

The man who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and more has a headstone reading, "That's all, folks!"

This WWII plane died a quiet death, and is now a garden eel playground.

More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

Come for the records, stay for the retro pinball machines.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.